Chapter 629 - Squandering a Good Hand of Cards (1/2)

The porridge with two floating leaves inside the small pot started boiling, and numerous pairs of eyes were all fixated on it anxiously.

When Granny Niu took the small pot down from the prop stick, Eldest Junior Wei’s family fought to scoop out the porridge in impatience.

When it was Qiao Zhongheng’s family’s turn, there really was only a mouthful of soup left. Who knew whose stomach it could even fill up?

In the end, the couple could only reluctantly let their darling son eat it.

“Mom, I’m close to starving to death.” Qiao Long drank a mouthful of soup, but he only felt his stomach rumbling even more in hunger.

Rubbing his sunken belly, Qiao Long recalled the varieties of pastries placed on the table when they barged into the marquis’s estate. He regretted that he hadn’t first rushed up and grabbed several pieces to stuff his stomach before quarreling with them.

“Sigh, wait until your dad finds a custodian job, then we’ll be able to have a bite to eat.” They wouldn’t be able to last if they continued starving like this. Even worse, they might even have to resort to eating soil soon.

Meanwhile, Elderly Lady Qiao whimpered as she lay on the layer of dry gra.s.s on the floor.

Xu Jiao simply flared up after casting her a glance.

This d*mned old woman really was a pampered one. For the past few days, she would order her about here and there the entire day. She even needed to be waited upon no matter if it was eating or p.o.o.ping. She was simply an old piece of tras.h.!.+

It had to be known that Elderly Lady had been enjoying the good life these past few years. How could she suffer this kind of hards.h.i.+p? The first night after arriving at the rundown temple, she started coughing after catching a cold from the winds.

She hadn’t gotten much better these two days either, and she kept clamoring to return to the marquis’s estate in a haze. She harped on it so much that it made Xu Jiao annoyed.

She lay there in a lethargic sleep and needed Xu Jiao to help her defecate, which disgusted Xu Jiao to no end. But if she just threw her aside and let her pee and p.o.o.p on herself, they would still be the ones to suffer from the stink in the end.